The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-29

will make the road Q great boon to
YOU. 1t will bring You into more
direct connection with the outsioe
world and will give You market for
the productl Of your fields and mines,
and will bring to your doors
such commodities OF commerce as
you have to purchase, and l trus'
that you will meet them In the same
spirit Of Il rness and justice rs they
seem disposed to meet you. They
have come amorg us with their capt.
tai and enterprise, and trust and be-
lieve their desire, while benehtipg
themselves, is to do US much good.
will not worry you with speech, and
will close with the expression of the
hope that this road will be q great
blessing to our people all along ila
line, and for you railroad builders 1
cherish the hope that when LIES bat
tie is over and YOU have driven your
lsst tpike, your pilgrimage may be not
as 1t has been In this instance, in
quest Of coal felde, but that You may
find homes In more talubrious
cline, where they burn neither coal
nor birthstone.
The link was closed at 9:06 o'clock,
after which the party rested for an
hour or more before starting for Bir'
mir CHAM.
Besides Gen. Nettleton, there we're
present John II. Sullivan, superin-
tendent Of the Memphis and Birming-
ham railroad; II. L. Sargent, general
freight agent; J, Z. lockwood, general
passenger and ticket agent; W.
W. Fsgap, general superintendent
OF lines west Of the Missis'
sippi river; H. Q. sprague,
superini endent Of telegraph lines Of
the system; E. o. johnson, division
freight agent; W. A. Nettlston, pri.
vate secretary to Gen. Nettleton; the
Hon. John Allen, Congressman from
the First Missirsippi District; J. M
Keating, editor Of the Memphis AP
PRAL; Judge Buchanan, attorney for
the railroad In Mississippi; Thomas
G. Boggs, APPKAL staff correspond.
ent; Newman Erb. attorney Of the
Kansas City, Springfield and Memphis
Railroad Company; Maj. Elliott,
chief engineer. ssd Captain A. W.
Gloster, principal assistant engineer
Of the company. These with the work.
ing force and the army Of Marion
county people were the witnesses and
participants In the interesting cere'
monies In honor Of the completion Of
the great Kansas City, Memphis and
Birmingham road. The finishing
touch was put on with the same en-.
ergy that had characterized this com.
pany since the first shovel OF earth
was thrown up In August, 1885, at
| Tupelo.
HISTORY AND vALus oY THE ROAD.
The work on the Memphis and
Birmingham division was begun by
Dunavant, Kelly 4 Piper, Of Memphis,
who completed the road only As lar as
Holly Springs In 1884 s6. but made
preliminary survey as far as the Tom
bigbee river. Thee parties sold ouI
their right and titles TO the virsinis
Construction Company In December,
1885. This company e3isrded and
completed the road 10 fupelo, Miss
In the meanwhile the Kansas City,
Memphis and Birmingham Company
entered the q I'D and began making .
preliminary survey for an independ
eat line, running parallel tC
and twelve miles touth oI
the Memphis, Birmingham and
Atlanta. This compelled the laiteI
company 10 cell TO he Kansas City
Memphis and Birmingham CJmpany
which began Ia September, 1880, the
work which was completed today
Inc couniry through which II
passes Ia unsurpassed in the South
west, both for the produces Of lie field
and the inexhaus,ible resources which
are imbeded In It's hills. The agri
cultural district extends from thu
Mississippi river TO New river, In Ala
bsma, q distance Of 1872 milee. Ls
county, Miss, 10 probably the brs
cora county, while Desolo ls III
greatest cotton raising county through
which the road paeses. TO give a goo
idea Of the country through which !
paSsts here IL q list Of the couatie'
Desot', Benton, Union, Ponto.oc
Lse and Munroe To any one Nh
In familiar with the immense am un
OF cotton which Memphis gets an'
will get In the Iulure, the sign hoanc
Of the enterprise will be readily seel
by business men. II Memphis hA
got 90 much cotton heretoior
without this road, what will the re
J ceipts with II be1 The value Of IN
agricultural country TO Memphis az
, market and as q distributing point
/ intslimabls. Tha, which We fad 1
, tho great Safe next TO Mlssissippi
fully ti as much II not more yslu
! than that Of the Mssissippi dIstric
I II takes no very vivid imsginatio
, 10 form soms conception a III
: large tonnage tbs. tsIs district 10 goin